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Were in Malta in New Dolmen (Aura). I will not specifically describe popular tourist places, since a lot has already been said about them in guidebooks and in reports. This report is a cheat sheet about my own experiences and some practical advice for those who decide to spend time in this hotel.
1. HOTEL.
The hotel was chosen according to several criteria and upon arrival it turned out that the choice was made quite right. Excellent combination of price and quality. I didn’t want loud discos, bars and other noisy entertainment, because, firstly, there are enough of them in Moscow, and then Malta is not the place where you need to waste time so mediocre. The hotel is large only by Maltese standards and relatively green. A lot of elderly Germans and British. Russian percent 10. First, we were given an average DBL overlooking the street and next to the roaring air conditioners.
From the expression on my wife's face, I realized that this option does not smile at us and asked a pretty Russian girl Dina at the reception to find us a new option. Having entered the bathroom, I was sincerely glad, because opening a certain window there, you find yourself exactly in a certain ventilation and communication box, where you can see the window of the neighboring bathroom opposite . Separately, you need to take the remote control from the TV, and at first we were given a remote control from the TV of a different brand and it did not work. We must have been very lucky, but the next day we were on the newly built floor in a huge room 617 with a gorgeous sea view at no extra charge. We arrived with a married couple and all four of us lived in a room in different double rooms and used 2 different bathrooms. In general, it resembles an apartment without a kitchen, linen and towels were changed in the room every day, there was a kettle and tea-coffee-cream-sugar (a trifle, but nice).
The safe in our room was free with an electronic lock, and in other rooms for money - payment on departure. I highly recommend the restaurant on the seafront at the hotel - you can have an extremely tasty lunch there, the prices are the same as on the beach in the city. There is a disco Amazonia, but we have never been there. There is also a pretentious Temple bar, but this is for old people, but with live music. There are ruins of a megalith on the territory, perhaps really authentic - it's hard to check . Beautiful lighting in the evening! There is a spa at a killer price. Although who cares…there are also hot tubs! For free! Recommend! Further, upon arrival, ask for cards for towels! They are free, but for some reason they are not given right away. They must be returned upon departure.
2. CURRENCY.
A good exchanger at the hotel at the reception, there is opposite the bus station. The course is about the same - for a hundred euros they give 40-something lire.
As it turned out later, the rate at the airport is a little higher - it is better to change it immediately upon arrival, despite the recommendations of the guides. In general, there are no problems with the exchange - there are a lot of exchange points, especially Bank of Valetta or HSBC.
3. GOZO.
Basically did not take excursions and did not regret it. For a trip to Gozo, we rented a car, which I will discuss separately below. Early in the morning we arrived in Chirkevva at the ferry pier, paying directly at the barrier - 6 lira for the carrier - the car and 2 from the nose for passengers. You go on the ferry (for me personally, a new feeling - I have never sailed on ferries before) - you are carefully directed, you close the car, go up to the deck and exactly 20 minutes on the way and leave already in Mjarre on Gozo. We immediately went through Victoria to look at the Lazunoe Window. Worth it for sure. Keep in mind - there is very much eroded soil, like on Mars, with very sharp edges, you need to carefully look at your feet and it is advisable not to wear slippers!
We saw a terrible sight - one old Austrian stared into the camera, stumbled, fell with his face right on these sharp stones. The result - a face covered in blood, a broken nose and a laceration on the forehead measuring 6x3 cm. The ambulance arrived promptly - in 15 minutes. Immediately everyone remembered the medical insurance left at the hotel - you should always carry it with you! Anyway. Who cares - from the inland sea they carry boats under the arch, we did not go, because there was little time. Temples of Gzhantiya. I don’t know about the Guinness Book of Records as almost the oldest building, but immediately wondered about the temples of Luxor and their age of 9000 BC. e. Imagine a pile of ancient stones, sometimes just huge, folded into a certain structure. Actually everything . There is an impression, but not as great as expected. The capital is Victoria and above all the citadel. Worth a look. Great view - the island is in the palm of your hand! Photo with guns. Church of the Ascension of St. Mary.
Reminiscent of St. John in Valletta, only in a simpler way. Statue of Mary with diamond necklace, gold belt on a silver pedestal. There are also a couple of temples, but that's all of the most interesting. We decided not to watch anything else in order to return home before dark. On the way to the port, we got a little lost - you need to be careful at the forks. A little about souvenirs. Not far from the Dolmen there is a shop on the embankment under the sign "Mongolian ... ". It's very large and has a great selection.
4. RENT A CAR. ROADS.
We took in HERZ right next to the hotel. And not by accident. Information has been received that if you take a car anywhere, they always require a credit card, or rather its number, and a signature on the check without indicating the amount! Allegedly for insurance in case of an accident, but at the same time, any amount may appear there upon your departure! And you won't get her back. We did not want to take risks, and we took the Opel Astra with all possible insurances. It turned out 38 lire for a day with 2 declared drivers.
Not a lot. But is it worth the risk? The right steering wheel is still the same song, but you get used to it quickly, as well as to left-hand traffic. Extremely inconvenient are the constant interchanges of roads with roundabouts - you have to give way to the one who is on the circle, often the quality of the coating is not so hot. The road network is extensive, there are very few parking lots - especially in Sliema and Valletta, so I don’t recommend driving there by car. There are heavy fines for illegal parking.
5. DIVING AND THE SEA.
Abbys club at the hotel was top notch. Alexey works on the beach. Special thanks to him. Took 1 day due to limited time. We dived in Chirkevva near the port. Locations - Madonna and patrol ship A125 at a depth of 33m. Many thanks to instructor Andrey! Really impressive. Malta is a place different from others in terms of the underwater world, because there are a lot of wrecks and huge stones, grottoes, caves. There are few fish - this is not the Red Sea. In the photo, I really liked the sites on Gozo - but unfortunately they didn’t get there.
As for the beaches. The beach was ennobled at the hotel - a concrete slab with a ladder into the sea, in others there is no such and such a beach, only stones. We were close to the sandy beach of Meliha Bay, realizing that the Blue Lagoon on Comino is about the same and did not go there. Small, a lot of people, the water is so-so, dirty.
6. WHERE DID YOU GO IN MALTA.
Valetta is a must. Right in the morning on the bus to Sliema - the good thing is that the final stop is 2 steps away. The host of SMS-Travel presented a free cruise to three cities on the boat Captain Morgan - I highly recommend it! Beautiful! You need to take places on the right side on the upper deck - the view is what you need! I was impressed by the Chinese dock No. 6 and cranes with a lifting capacity of 150 tons, and the number of medieval forts! After the walk, we moved to Valletta by bus, although it is also possible on a green boat with the inscription Levenbrau. They are taken to the center to the Triton Square. From there the street begins. Republic. Further itinerary according to the guide.
It is worth trying fish in batter like "Mahi-Mahi Piri-Piri" (restaurant on the beach in Dolmen). Buffet in a restaurant in Dolmen. Well, let's just say it could have been better. In the sense that they feed quite well, but for example there are few vegetables, there is a choice of fish and meat, but meager. However, you feel full! Drinks at dinner for money. Local red wine is very even! Near the hotel there is a shop with drinks - I highly recommend the wine! But Cisco beer is basically nothing, but our Melnik is even better. Fontana mineral water can be bought immediately in a package of 6 bottles in the same shop - the price is humane. The famous soda Kinney is an amateur thing, but you need to try it once.
8. ARRIVAL - DEPARTURE, TRANSFER, AIRPORTS.
Our flight was very early - 8 am. This is a flight returning from S-2, which has just arrived from Malta. They flew there on a Boeing not the first freshness.
In general, AIR Malta did not leave the best impression, such as our Aeroflot, "cheap and cheerful", especially the food. Upon arrival - a small drive, where you immediately need to see your host. We didn't find it right away. We filled out a questionnaire, the border guards took away passports for visa stamping (the guide later gave it to the hotel). Laughter and sin - a Schengen-type visa, where all the information is written by hand . For the first time in my life I see such an exotic! On the way to the luggage there is a small duty-free shop where you can stock up on something. The transfer to the hotel by minibus took about 30 minutes. About back. We had a flight at 1:45 am. We were picked up from the hotel at 23.15. A sad elderly driver arrived, said that he had no idea who to pick up, but showed a piece of paper with our names and responded to the word “airport” . Loaded. As it turned out later, we were the last to be brought to check-in (but we were the first to receive our luggage at Domodedovo), because
after we went to Sliema and Pachville to 2 hotels to pick up the rest. What is Pachiville at night! ! Horror. We were glad we didn't live there. At 23-20, young people are like ...behind a bathhouse (sorry), garbage everywhere, music, in short Pattaya on Walking street (who knows - will understand). Check-in is fast despite the queue. We unloaded the unfinished water in a 1.5l container and here it is - Duty Free, where we sincerely wanted to stock up on cactus liquor and cheap gin. Yeah. Right now. Almost everything is closed! From alcohol, only a small shop with wine and coffee is open. Advice to those who fly at night - buy everything in advance! Well, there is also a cosmetics shop. We swallowed a sandwich in a cafe and went to land. Again, not cool. Delay for half an hour, although we landed in Moscow at exactly 8.00. Dreary misty morning sky. Almost rain. The road from Domodedovo is half asleep. An accident with 3 cars swept past at a speed of 120 km / h. We returned.
I bow out. There are questions - ask. Alexander.
Shuric_niko@mail. ru.
1. HOTEL.
The hotel was chosen according to several criteria and upon arrival it turned out that the choice was made quite right. Excellent combination of price and quality. I didn’t want loud discos, bars and other noisy entertainment, because, firstly, there are enough of them in Moscow, and then Malta is not the place where you need to waste time so mediocre. The hotel is large only by Maltese standards and relatively green. A lot of elderly Germans and British. Russian percent 10. First, we were given an average DBL overlooking the street and next to the roaring air conditioners.
From the expression on my wife's face, I realized that this option does not smile at us and asked a pretty Russian girl Dina at the reception to find us a new option. Having entered the bathroom, I was sincerely glad, because opening a certain window there, you find yourself exactly in a certain ventilation and communication box, where you can see the window of the neighboring bathroom opposite . Separately, you need to take the remote control from the TV, and at first we were given a remote control from the TV of a different brand and it did not work. We must have been very lucky, but the next day we were on the newly built floor in a huge room 617 with a gorgeous sea view at no extra charge. We arrived with a married couple and all four of us lived in a room in different double rooms and used 2 different bathrooms. In general, it resembles an apartment without a kitchen, linen and towels were changed in the room every day, there was a kettle and tea-coffee-cream-sugar (a trifle, but nice).
The safe in our room was free with an electronic lock, and in other rooms for money - payment on departure. I highly recommend the restaurant on the seafront at the hotel - you can have an extremely tasty lunch there, the prices are the same as on the beach in the city. There is a disco Amazonia, but we have never been there. There is also a pretentious Temple bar, but this is for old people, but with live music. There are ruins of a megalith on the territory, perhaps really authentic - it's hard to check . Beautiful lighting in the evening! There is a spa at a killer price. Although who cares…there are also hot tubs! For free! Recommend! Further, upon arrival, ask for cards for towels! They are free, but for some reason they are not given right away. They must be returned upon departure.
2. CURRENCY.
A good exchanger at the hotel at the reception, there is opposite the bus station. The course is about the same - for a hundred euros they give 40-something lire.
As it turned out later, the rate at the airport is a little higher - it is better to change it immediately upon arrival, despite the recommendations of the guides. In general, there are no problems with the exchange - there are a lot of exchange points, especially Bank of Valetta or HSBC.
3. GOZO.
Basically did not take excursions and did not regret it. For a trip to Gozo, we rented a car, which I will discuss separately below. Early in the morning we arrived in Chirkevva at the ferry pier, paying directly at the barrier - 6 lira for the carrier - the car and 2 from the nose for passengers. You go on the ferry (for me personally, a new feeling - I have never sailed on ferries before) - you are carefully directed, you close the car, go up to the deck and exactly 20 minutes on the way and leave already in Mjarre on Gozo. We immediately went through Victoria to look at the Lazunoe Window. Worth it for sure. Keep in mind - there is very much eroded soil, like on Mars, with very sharp edges, you need to carefully look at your feet and it is advisable not to wear slippers!
We saw a terrible sight - one old Austrian stared into the camera, stumbled, fell with his face right on these sharp stones. The result - a face covered in blood, a broken nose and a laceration on the forehead measuring 6x3 cm. The ambulance arrived promptly - in 15 minutes. Immediately everyone remembered the medical insurance left at the hotel - you should always carry it with you! Anyway. Who cares - from the inland sea they carry boats under the arch, we did not go, because there was little time. Temples of Gzhantiya. I don’t know about the Guinness Book of Records as almost the oldest building, but immediately wondered about the temples of Luxor and their age of 9000 BC. e. Imagine a pile of ancient stones, sometimes just huge, folded into a certain structure. Actually everything . There is an impression, but not as great as expected. The capital is Victoria and above all the citadel. Worth a look. Great view - the island is in the palm of your hand! Photo with guns. Church of the Ascension of St. Mary.
Reminiscent of St. John in Valletta, only in a simpler way. Statue of Mary with diamond necklace, gold belt on a silver pedestal. There are also a couple of temples, but that's all of the most interesting. We decided not to watch anything else in order to return home before dark. On the way to the port, we got a little lost - you need to be careful at the forks. A little about souvenirs. Not far from the Dolmen there is a shop on the embankment under the sign "Mongolian ... ". It's very large and has a great selection.
4. RENT A CAR. ROADS.
We took in HERZ right next to the hotel. And not by accident. Information has been received that if you take a car anywhere, they always require a credit card, or rather its number, and a signature on the check without indicating the amount! Allegedly for insurance in case of an accident, but at the same time, any amount may appear there upon your departure! And you won't get her back. We did not want to take risks, and we took the Opel Astra with all possible insurances. It turned out 38 lire for a day with 2 declared drivers.
Not a lot. But is it worth the risk? The right steering wheel is still the same song, but you get used to it quickly, as well as to left-hand traffic. Extremely inconvenient are the constant interchanges of roads with roundabouts - you have to give way to the one who is on the circle, often the quality of the coating is not so hot. The road network is extensive, there are very few parking lots - especially in Sliema and Valletta, so I don’t recommend driving there by car. There are heavy fines for illegal parking.
5. DIVING AND THE SEA.
Abbys club at the hotel was top notch. Alexey works on the beach. Special thanks to him. Took 1 day due to limited time. We dived in Chirkevva near the port. Locations - Madonna and patrol ship A125 at a depth of 33m. Many thanks to instructor Andrey! Really impressive. Malta is a place different from others in terms of the underwater world, because there are a lot of wrecks and huge stones, grottoes, caves. There are few fish - this is not the Red Sea. In the photo, I really liked the sites on Gozo - but unfortunately they didn’t get there.
As for the beaches. The beach was ennobled at the hotel - a concrete slab with a ladder into the sea, in others there is no such and such a beach, only stones. We were close to the sandy beach of Meliha Bay, realizing that the Blue Lagoon on Comino is about the same and did not go there. Small, a lot of people, the water is so-so, dirty.
6. WHERE DID YOU GO IN MALTA.
Valetta is a must. Right in the morning on the bus to Sliema - the good thing is that the final stop is 2 steps away. The host of SMS-Travel presented a free cruise to three cities on the boat Captain Morgan - I highly recommend it! Beautiful! You need to take places on the right side on the upper deck - the view is what you need! I was impressed by the Chinese dock No. 6 and cranes with a lifting capacity of 150 tons, and the number of medieval forts! After the walk, we moved to Valletta by bus, although it is also possible on a green boat with the inscription Levenbrau. They are taken to the center to the Triton Square. From there the street begins. Republic. Further itinerary according to the guide.
It is worth trying fish in batter like "Mahi-Mahi Piri-Piri" (restaurant on the beach in Dolmen). Buffet in a restaurant in Dolmen. Well, let's just say it could have been better. In the sense that they feed quite well, but for example there are few vegetables, there is a choice of fish and meat, but meager. However, you feel full! Drinks at dinner for money. Local red wine is very even! Near the hotel there is a shop with drinks - I highly recommend the wine! But Cisco beer is basically nothing, but our Melnik is even better. Fontana mineral water can be bought immediately in a package of 6 bottles in the same shop - the price is humane. The famous soda Kinney is an amateur thing, but you need to try it once.
8. ARRIVAL - DEPARTURE, TRANSFER, AIRPORTS.
Our flight was very early - 8 am. This is a flight returning from S-2, which has just arrived from Malta. They flew there on a Boeing not the first freshness.
In general, AIR Malta did not leave the best impression, such as our Aeroflot, "cheap and cheerful", especially the food. Upon arrival - a small drive, where you immediately need to see your host. We didn't find it right away. We filled out a questionnaire, the border guards took away passports for visa stamping (the guide later gave it to the hotel). Laughter and sin - a Schengen-type visa, where all the information is written by hand . For the first time in my life I see such an exotic! On the way to the luggage there is a small duty-free shop where you can stock up on something. The transfer to the hotel by minibus took about 30 minutes. About back. We had a flight at 1:45 am. We were picked up from the hotel at 23.15. A sad elderly driver arrived, said that he had no idea who to pick up, but showed a piece of paper with our names and responded to the word “airport” . Loaded. As it turned out later, we were the last to be brought to check-in (but we were the first to receive our luggage at Domodedovo), because
after we went to Sliema and Pachville to 2 hotels to pick up the rest. What is Pachiville at night! ! Horror. We were glad we didn't live there. At 23-20, young people are like ...behind a bathhouse (sorry), garbage everywhere, music, in short Pattaya on Walking street (who knows - will understand). Check-in is fast despite the queue. We unloaded the unfinished water in a 1.5l container and here it is - Duty Free, where we sincerely wanted to stock up on cactus liquor and cheap gin. Yeah. Right now. Almost everything is closed! From alcohol, only a small shop with wine and coffee is open. Advice to those who fly at night - buy everything in advance! Well, there is also a cosmetics shop. We swallowed a sandwich in a cafe and went to land. Again, not cool. Delay for half an hour, although we landed in Moscow at exactly 8.00. Dreary misty morning sky. Almost rain. The road from Domodedovo is half asleep. An accident with 3 cars swept past at a speed of 120 km / h. We returned.
I bow out. There are questions - ask. Alexander.
Shuric_niko@mail. ru.
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